01/27/2018
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What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. – Psalm 56:3
On
a day when there was no school, I took my nine-year-old granddaughter
to the school playground to give her a chance
to try playing on the bars. At the time, she was recovering from a
fractured elbow and dislocated arm due to being kicked by a young horse.
Her cast
had recently been removed, but her arm was still weak, and she could
not yet totally straighten it. Before her accident, she loved playing
on the bars
at school, so with permission from the doctor to do “anything a kid
would do,” we headed over to the climbing structure.
She climbed up on the
middle bar, but then lost her nerve. She asked if I would help her get
back down. Knowing that I would not be with her on a normal
school day, I instead encouraged her to do it on her own. She moved
back close to a post and hung on, just sitting there. I coached her on
how to get
down, and although she was afraid at first, by following my
directions she made it back to the lower bar where she successfully did a
flip upside down.
Then she let go with her hands and, hanging by her knees, touched
the ground. She was able to get down easily from there.
This experience reminded
me of how God helps us through situations that seem overwhelming. When
we face tasks that are frightening to us, we may not know
what to do at first, and the fear of making a mistake can be
paralyzing. If we will only remember that God wants us to be like
children when we find
ourselves in uncomfortable situations! When we feel unsure of
ourselves, the Lord is always right beside us, encouraging us to keep
pressing on. He
may not come in and miraculously take away our trials; He wants us
to grow and learn from these experiences. But He will be our guide and
help us each
step of the way. All we have to do is hang on tight and follow His
instructions.
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